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The Microbiota of the GI Tract 2 Flashcards

1
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What are some factors that affects the gut microbiota?

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Environment

Diet

Life stage

Disease

Faecal transplant

Prebiotics

Antibiotics

Probiotics

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Is microbial dysbiosis (imbalance) a cause or consequence of disease?

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It is still unknown

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What are examples of diseases that can be caused by microbes that normally live asymptomatically in the host?

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MRSA infection

Strep throat

Gingivitis

Acne

Meningitis

Pneumonia

C. Difficile diarrhoea

Thurst

Urinary tract infections

Gastric cancer

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What is an example of a disease that can occur when gut microbes translocate to other body sites?

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Sepsis

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Where can gut bacterium often translocate to?

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Bloodstream

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How has the incidence of infectious and immune diseases changed over the last 70 years?

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Infectious diseases have been declining

Immune diseases have been increasing

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Why has the incidence of infectious disease declined over the last 70 years?

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Better disease treatment

Vaccination

Health standards

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What has the incidence of immune diseases rised in the last 70 years?

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Diet

Hygiene

Effect on microbiota possibly

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What does inflammation in IBD result due to?

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Dysregulated host immune response to the gut microbiota

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How is the gut bacterial diversity different for people with IBD?

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Less diverse than people who do not have IBD

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What does it mean that IBD typically manifests in a non-uniform manner?

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Patients have regions of healthy tissue adjacent to inflammed regions

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What is an example of a bacterium that is elevated in Crohn’s disease?

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Enterobacteriaceae

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Why is it very difficult to entangle cause from effect?

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Many features of IBD itself could affect the microbiota, such as antibiotic use, inflammation, diarrhoea (affects transit time), host diet and host genotype

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What can reduced bacterial diversity and increase in Enterobacteriaceae occur due to?

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Broad spectrum antibiotic use

Inflammation

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What impact does antibiotics have on the gut microbiota?

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Decreases diversity and increases Enterobacteriaceae

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How does inflammation change the gut microbiota?

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How does diarrhoea alter the gut microbiota?

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Decreased transit time alters microbial composition

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18
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How does the hosts diet alter the gut microbiota?

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Less fibre causes changes to microbiota composition

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What is currently being research in terms of the contents of the gut microbiota?

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Manipulating the microbioa to redress the dysbosis and relieve symptoms of IBD

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How can the microbiota of the gut possible be manipulated to fix a reduction in Faecalibacterium prausnitzii numbers?

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Provide specific prebiotics designed to boost numbers of F. Praesnitzii

Design F. Praesnitzii as a biotherapeutic agent

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21
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How can the microbiota of the gut possible be manipulated to fix an increase in Enterobacteriaceae numbers?

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Reduce antibiotic use to prevent decline in commensals

22
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What, and how, do the two main species of bacteria change in IBD?

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Faecalibacterium prausnitzii decreases

Enterobacteriaceae increases

23
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What can be changed in someones diet to increase bacterial diversity?

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Increase fibre

24
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What does the success of existing probiotics/prebiotics depend on?

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Specific strain

25
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What is a probiotic?

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Live microorganism which, when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host (basically add live bacteria)

26
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What is a prebiotic?

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A substrate that is selectively utilised by host microorganisms conferring a health benefit (basically food for resident bacteria)

27
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What are the conclusions of most studies that look at the effectiveness of probiotics?

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They are beneficial in treatment and prevention of GI diseases

28
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What are the different mechanisms of action for probiotics?

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29
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Do probiotics become permanent residents in the gut?

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No, but their products and actions can still be beneficial under certain circumstances

30
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Why is the species and strain important when selecting probiotics?

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Different species (even strains) have different effects

Individual response varies due to existing variation in microbiota

31
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What are examples of prebiotics?

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32
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What are the health benefits of prebiotics?

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Improved gut function

Management of inflammatory bowel disease

May reduce risk of colon cancer

GOS/FOS supplementation of infant formula increased bifidobacteria numbers

FOS/insulin increase calcium absorption and bone health

Consumption of prebiotics instead of sugards can lower glycaemic index

33
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How do prebiotics improve gut function?

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Stook bulking and faster gut transit

34
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How do prebiotics reduce the risk of colon cancer?

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Reduced DNA damage and cell proliferation

Faster gut transit time

35
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What has banned the use of the words probiotic and prebiotic?

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Current European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) regulations

36
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What are some permitted health claims involving microbiota?

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Regular consumptionof at least 3g per day of B-glucan fibre found in oats/barley can reduce the risk of heart disease

37
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What are claims recomended by WHO involving gut microbiota?

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Increased consumption of dietary fibre can reduce the risk of colon cancer

Consumption of prebiotics improves calcium uptake

38
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What are consequences to the microbiota when exposed to antibiotics?

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Kill commensals as well as pathogens

Leads to low diversity

Can cause spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria

39
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In terms of the microbiota, what happens during and immediately post-antibiotic treatment?

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Decreased microbial diversity

Opportunity for pathogen colonisation

C. Difficile expands to occupy empty niches, causing overgrowth that produces toxins

40
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What does CDAD stand for?

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C. Difficile Associated Diarrhoea

41
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What does an overgrowth of C. Difficile cause?

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CDAD

42
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What are the main symptoms of CDAD?

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Diarrhoea

Abdominal pain

Fever

43
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Do antibiotics have an effect on C. Difficile spores?

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No, they are resistent

44
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What can be said about strains of C. Difficile and antibiotics?

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Some strains are antibiotic resistent

45
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What is the initial treatment for CDAD?

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Antibiotic therapy (cures about 75% of patient)

46
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What is the best treatment for CDAD when antibiotics do not work?

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Faecal microbial transplantation (FMT)

47
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What can failure ot faecal microbial transplantation (FMT) to treat CDAD lead to?

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Death

48
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How does FMT work?

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49
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What does the success rate of FMT depend on?

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Clinic experience

Application method

Pre-treatment

No subsequent antibiotic threatment

50
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What infections do faecal transplants only work on?

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C. Difficile

51
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What is the criteria for bacteria to be used for a faecal transplant?

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Sensitive to antimicrobials

Easy to culture

Representative of gut commensal bacteria

Added in relative abundances representative of composition of healthy gut

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